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lemmeeatyourass t1_j6kkb2q wrote

We don’t need money being invested into these processes yet. The generation of energy is the thing that is stopping further advancement in green technology. Without cheaper ways to generate electricity and distribute it these funds are pandering to the general public.

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Ok_Champion6840 OP t1_j6kl2x9 wrote

Progress on renewable energy generation is happening in a dramatic way. It is also important to prove out how existing manufacturing can take advantage of electricity as the power source rather than direct burning of fossil fuels by industry.

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lemmeeatyourass t1_j6klofg wrote

It’s not really, the process to create the material is still behind from the actual generation. Solar wind and hydro are making great strides in terms of Watts and consistency. But the end result as in storage is still also behind. We can create ways to make steel factories use green energy to heat the steel but from what I see in the power industry it’s very costly to set it up.

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Ok_Champion6840 OP t1_j6knmb5 wrote

It is extremely expensive to redesign an industrial scale process like steel making which consumes acres, possibly hundreds of acres of plant space, has logistics like rail access or shipping, mountains of coal ready to be consumed as fuel or massive pipelines of natural gas.

Gotta start somewhere.

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